Travels throughout the south of Spain! By Rebecca Hahn

Andalucia:

Although Sevilla is by far my favorite city in Andalucia, and I am so lucky to live here, there is no way you can miss the other Andalucian towns and monuments.

Ronda is one of the most beautiful and unique towns I have visited. Only 2 hours on bus from Sevilla, it is a totally different world. It's built around a gorge right on the cliffs, and this makes for beautiful pictures. You can walk down into the gorge, which is a nice hike after eating some delicious chicken with almond sauce tapas, and there you have wonderful views of the town above you surrounding the gorge. You can go visit one of the oldest Plaza de Toros (bullrings), old Arabic baths, many interesting museums, wine tastings, and the old Moorish King's house that has a water mine you can climb down and end up in the bottom of the gorge. You can really do all of this in a day, but they also have cheap hotels, and everything in the town is easily within walking distance.

Cordoba is also an amazing city with cobblestone streets everywhere. The old fortress (Reales Alcazares) has beautiful gardens. You also don't want to miss the amazing Mezquita (Mosque), which was turned into a Cathedral when the Muslims were overtaken.

It is definitely not something you want to miss. It's truly amazing to wonder how it was sitting through a service in the14th century in such a beautiful creation, and it's also surreal to wonder how long it took to build something so huge and with the most intricate details way back then.

Granada is a city in Andalusia that houses the incredible Alhambra, the old palace and fortress of Moorish rulers that was built in the 14th century. It felt like we were walking through the old Moorish town because we walked down the roads that messengers rode down on their horses to warn the King of an attack. It sits on a hill in Granada, so you can see the whole city which is beautiful. You also don't want to miss the neighborhood of the Albayzin, the old Muslim area that is built on a hill. It's nice to walk up the hill and see all of the extremely old buildings and also have a view of the Alhambra from down below.

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